Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-31

NUMBER o. servants are kept--the small
regard paid to anything in then, but
their understanding their own work. II
a man Is good cook. chef they choose 70
call him and is decently honest that i
ell. lie may have the temper of n feud
ana the princi pies OF a Frenchmau. but
keeps his plsce. Or one woman NAV
corrupt a whole household. and vet. If
she is capable. and has smooth tongue.
the mistress may ind her perfact! I'VE
know better than TO tel tales, no matter
what comes)
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will not deuy that some of the language
has been n trihe shaped and modified in
the copying, but this was the meaning
Of the whole, and il would set one to think.
ing!
Take the girls that you know-young
ladies If you willard how many OF
them have served any apprenticeship or
or are really fitted to manage a house.
h0ldY Would a man 20 into business
with no more trasning? The love stories
that abound even those we may call good
how utterly unfit are the subjects of
them for the real work of life. Romance
may be beautiful and fascinating. but
life Is real and means work. The very
extreme Is the story OF David aud Dora,
once more popular than now. Look at
her as q woman, at the head of a house
hold! to be trusted with d mans happi-
ness and shirt buttons! TO say nothing
of his health and life. Look at half the
fools that are either pretty, or winning
or romantic, and see the slender founda-
tions for family life apd famils peace.
The question might be osyed. how are
many to leaui-especially those who are
net to the manner horns For the fact is
that in these days there are many who
come late into their inheritance, aud
who really do no: know how to live in &C
cordance with their present circumstances.
One way Is TO engage what are called
competent servants" and set up a house
hold, and let them take their own way.
One old man, who had made fortue, did
this, but as he had nothing to do, he in
sisted upon ansering the front door bell
himself and seeing all who came!
To learn of servants may be Illuminating,
but it is not more so than making mis-
takes, and with tact one might manage it.
Ii one has not tact it Is rather a hard
road. Also, there are books, kindly and
wisely written, giving the details of daily
life and housekeeping foI those who have
not learned at home. A patient study OF
these may help woman along who is
wise enough 10 be willing 20 learn.
One eff the best housekeepers aud
managers the writer ever knew was from
circumstances debarred from the cdreful
home training which is a woman's best
school, And this was the way of IL. Said
she:
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and how to do. I tried some expert
meris, and gong by rule found that l
succeeded.
without TINS hEed purpose she might
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ter
These be DAYS Of couture" and it is Of
ten supposed 10 be fine to despise the
domestic virtues" so-canei. and to cry
out against them. Asif the soul. the
bodys guest" a. Raleigh has IL. ought
not to be housed and cared for in the
best possible way What is the best
food What the best clothing? Why
shouldn't we squeeze ourselves into hour
glasses What are the best means OF
promoting physic we'll beings! For
there Is no need of so mu2h lllhealth; OF
SD much nervous Prostraoon;' there Is
no need Of so much dyspepsia, or Of 80
many mistakes in the daily conduct OF
life.
have been studying the case OF Solo
mon 'Vlftuou7 woman as she Is called.
- would seem that her character might
have little more decided index than
'Hriuous, bat tbs so even IN the new
version, though perhaps a dictionary
might give more CON prehen-lYe den
muos. The oriental ideas OF those days
may not accord fully with onr notions
especially IN time When man can by
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